{"id":189,"date":"2026-07-28T17:14:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T17:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oldhatarts.ca\/?page_id=189"},"modified":"2026-07-30T21:58:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T21:58:20","slug":"about-old-hat","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oldhatarts.ca\/?page_id=189","title":{"rendered":"About Old Hat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Old Hat Arts Society is a non-profit organization on S\u1e34\u0166A\u1e34 \/ Mayne Island. The purpose of the Society is to be a catalyst for performance and folk arts events, intercultural exchange, festivals, workshops and related activities, grounded in community and place-based practice.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:31% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/oldhatarts.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Fam-Photo-2025-Sepia-edited-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oldhatarts.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Fam-Photo-2025-Sepia-edited-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/oldhatarts.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Fam-Photo-2025-Sepia-edited-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/oldhatarts.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Fam-Photo-2025-Sepia-edited-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/oldhatarts.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Fam-Photo-2025-Sepia-edited-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/oldhatarts.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Fam-Photo-2025-Sepia-edited-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The People<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Old Hat Arts is run by Sandra Henderson, Artistic Producer and Andrew Pye, Director of Production. Sandra and Andrew met on a touring theatre project in 2017 in Toronto, and haven\u2019t stopped collaborating since. From international productions in Hong Kong to rural events in their new island home on Mayne Island, this duo (now with two children and twenty-two chickens) has the unstoppable momentum of makers with over 30 years of arts production in their collective hats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Old Hat Arts Society is a non-profit organization on S\u1e34\u0166A\u1e34 \/ Mayne Island. 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